grill
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From Middle English grillen (“to anger, provoke”), from Old English grillan, griellan (“to annoy, vex, offend”), from Proto-Germanic *grellanan (“to shout, make angry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with Dutch grillen (“to shudder, shiver”), Low German vergrellen (“to anger, provoke”), German grollen (“to rumble”).
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grill (third-person singular simple present grills, present participle grilling, simple past and past participle grilled)
- (chiefly Scotland, transitive) to make angry, provoke
- (chiefly Scotland, transitive) to terrify, make tremble
- (chiefly Scotland, intransitive) to tremble; shiver
- (Northern England, Scotland, intransitive) to snarl; to snap
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From Middle English gril, grille (“harsh, rough, severe”), from Old English *griell, from Proto-Germanic *grellaz (“angry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gher- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with German grell (“harsh, angry”), Danish grel (“shrill, glaring, dazzling”).
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grill (comparative griller or more grill, superlative grillest or most grill)
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grill (usually uncountable; plural grills)
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1655, from French gril, from Middle French, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), from Proto-Indo-European *kor(ə)t-, *krāt- (“to weave, twist, wattle; wicker”). Related to griddle, hurdle.
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grill (plural grills)
- A rack; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
- On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
- A device comprising a source of radiant heat and a means of holding food near it, to cook it; a barbecue; a griddle.
- I put some peppers and mushrooms on the grill to go with dinner.
- (colloquial) A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth; by extension, the front teeth regarded collectively.
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grill (third-person singular simple present grills, present participle grilling, simple past and past participle grilled)
- To cook food on a grill; to barbecue.
- Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?
- (colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
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- See also Wikisaurus:cook
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grill m.
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